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Covers the most recent topics in the field of environmental management and provides a broad focus on the theoretical and methodological underpinnings …

Combinatorial optimization is a multidisciplinary scientific area, lying in the interface of three major scientific domains: mathematics, theoretical …

This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a sho…

Frontiers in Geofluids is a collection of invited papers chosen to highlight recent developments in our understanding of geological fluids in differen…

A fully updated version of the popular Introduction to Tribology, the second edition of this leading tribology text introduces the major developments …

This book contains mathematical preliminaries in which basic definitions of fractional derivatives and spaces are presented. The central part of the b…

Nonlinear Acoustic Waves in Micro-inhomogeneous Solids covers the broad and dynamic branch of nonlinear acoustics, presenting a wide variety of differ…

Due to the widespread use of surveys in agricultural resources estimation there is a broad and recognizable interest in methods and techniques to coll…

The increasing deployment of bioenergy frequently raises issues regarding the use of land and raw materials, infrastructure and logistics. In light of…

A new edition of the bestseller on convection heat transfer A revised edition of the industry classic, Convection Heat Transfer, Fourth Edition, chron…

In this book, the authors bring together basic ideas from fracture mechanics and statistical physics, classical theories, simulation and experimental …

Comprehensively covers emerging aerospace technologies Advanced UAV aerodynamics, flight stability and control: Novel concepts, theory and application…

This concise and systematic account of the current state of this new branch of astrophysics presents the theoretical foundations of plasma astrophysic…

A one-stop guide for the theories, applications, and statistical methodologies essential to operational risk Providing a complete overview of operatio…

Modern electrodynamics in different media is a wide branch of electrodynamics which combines the exact theory of electromagnetic fields in the presenc…

Transport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energ…

This book is a comprehensive account of five extended modules covering the key branches of twentieth-century theoretical physics, taught by the author…

A comprehensive overview of Monte Carlo simulation that explores the latest topics, techniques, and real-world applications More and more of today’s n…

With a pioneering methodology, the book covers the fundamental aspects of kinematic analysis and synthesis of linkage, and provides a theoretical foun…

This textbook presents essential methodology for physicists of the theory and applications of fluid mechanics within a single volume. Building steadil…

This first book to focus on the applications of nanomagnetism presents those already realized while also suggesting bold ideas for further breakthroug…

The most teachable book on incompressible flow— now fully revised, updated, and expanded Incompressible Flow, Fourth Edition is the updated and revise…

The family of statistical models known as Rasch models started with a simple model for responses to questions in educational tests presented together …

Research in nano and cell mechanics has received much attention from the scientific community as a result of society needs and government initiatives …

Presents elements of clinical trial methods that are essential in planning, designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting clinical trials with th…

A comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of research. After a short introduction to the basics of magnetism and mole…

Analysis and Modelling of Non-Steady Flow in Pipe and Channel Networks deals with flows in pipes and channel networks from the standpoints of hydrauli…

A rigorous introduction to calculus in vector spaces The concepts and theorems of advanced calculus combined with related computational methods are es…

This advanced textbook presents an extensive and diverse study of low-energy nuclear physics considering the nucleus as a quantum system of strongly i…

A valuable learning tool as well as a reference, this book provides students and researchers in surface science and nanoscience with the theoretical c…

This book is dedicated to the formulation and solution of forward and inverse problems related to coupled media, and provides examples of how to solve…

Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary mission…

This book provides readers with a solid understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the techniques used for buried object detection. Presenti…

This AGN textbook includes phenomena based on new results in the X-Ray domain from new telescopes such as Chandra and XMM Newton not mentioned in any …

Raman spectroscopy is the inelastic scattering of light by matter. Being highly sensitive to the physical and chemical properties of materials, as wel…

GaN and ZnO nanowires can by grown using a wide variety of methods from physical vapor deposition to wet chemistry for optical devices. This book star…

Presents a systematic and comprehensive study of hydraulic fracturing, original in its concentration of core soil problems There have been a number of…

This book concerns testing hypotheses in non-parametric models. Classical non-parametric tests (goodness-of-fit, homogeneity, randomness, independence…

This title proposes a unified approach to continuum mechanics which is consistent with Galilean relativity. Based on the notion of affine tensors, a s…

Understanding and analysing the complex phenomena related to elastic wave propagation has been the subject of intense research for many years and has …

Presents an up-to-date description of current and new hydraulic fracturing processes Details Emerging Technologies such as Fracture Treatment Design, …

This book addresses general information, good practices and examples about thermo-physical properties, thermo-kinetic and thermo-mechanical couplings,…

Written by scientists from leading institutes in Germany, USA and Spain who use these techniques as the core of their scientific work and who have a p…

A unique and comprehensive presentation on modern particle physics which stores the background knowledge on the big open questions beyond the standard…

Pollutants, Human Health and the Environment is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human …